Hi,
this is a minor comment regarding the SSML <break> element
(http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-speech-synthesis-20021202/#S2.2.3), more
specifically regarding the meaning of the attribute value "none" for the
time attribute.
The specification currently defines:
The value "none" indicates that a normal break boundary should be used.
This currently seems to make "none" a synonym of "default". Much more
useful would be the possibility to explicitly forbid the occurrence of a
break where the default rules of a TTS system would (erroneously) place
one. I therefore suggest replacing the above sentence with:
The value "none" indicates that no break boundary should occur.
Regards,
Marc SchrÃ¶der, TTS Researcher at DFKI, Germany
Responsible for TTS development in the NECA project,
http://www.ai.univie.ac.at/NECA
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Marc SchrÃ¶der, Researcher
DFKI GmbH, Stuhlsatzenhausweg 3, D-66123 SaarbrÃ¼cken, Germany
http://www.dfki.de/~schroed
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